A Kentucky couple was placed under house arrest after one of them tested positive for coronavirus and refused to sign documents agreeing to quarantine at home.
Elizabeth Linscott and her husband, Isaiah, showed off their ankle monitors on NBC affiliate WAVE last week. Linscott told the station that after testing positive for coronavirus and refusing to sign an agreed-upon order for self-isolation and controlled movement, the Hardin County Sheriff’s Department came to his home in Hardin County with orders to stay in home for her, Isaiah and her baby. daughter.
“I open the door and there are about eight different people,” said Isaiah. Five different cars and I’m like what the hell is going on? This guy is in a suit with a mask, he’s the guy from the health department and he has three different documents for us. “
Ankle monitors that the couple was ordered to wear will alert police if they travel more than 200 feet from their home.
Elizabeth Linscott said the COVID-19 test was done so she could visit her parents in Michigan with less concern.
But he tested positive, symptom-free, and said the local health department asked him to sign documents that would prevent him from traveling anywhere without calling the department first.
She said she decided not to sign the documents because “if I have to go to the emergency room, if I have to go to the hospital, I will not wait to get approval.”
The couple said they did not refuse to quarantine and that they had planned to do so.
“That is exactly what the Director of the Department of Public Health told the judge, who refused to quarantine me for this reason and that that was not the case at all.” I never said that, “said Elizabeth Linscott.” We didn’t rob a store, we didn’t rob something, we didn’t hit and run, we didn’t do anything wrong. “
The Linscotts told WAVE that they plan to get an attorney. Neither Elizabeth nor Isaiah Linscott responded to additional requests for comment.
The Lincoln Trail District Health Department, which serves the Hardin County Health Center, also did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In a statement, Hardin County Sheriff John Ward said the office “heeds court orders from the District and Hardin Circuit Courts daily.”
A Kentucky court spokeswoman said she was unable to comment on pending court cases.
